Agroforestry: Tenure and Incentives

摘要

The effect of tree and land tenure on farmers' incentives to plant trees is examined, and lessons for agroforestry project planning are drawn. The validity of the generally accepted security of tenure model, which assumes that without land tenure security tree-planting will be discouraged, is examined in relation to three different situations: Analysis of tree tenure on household agricultural holdings; The deforestation that results when states refuse to recognize common areas; Analysis of tree tenure on state-managed reserves focuses on conflicts between the state and local communities over control of forests and on alternative systems.